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The first name Eero

A boy’s name.

2 syllables Male

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Eero at birth, 1880–2025

In 2025, 10 boys born in the United States were named Eero, the 7,820th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2015, when 32 were.

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358
babies named Eero since 1880
#7,820
rank in 2025
2015
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Eero

24 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Eero Saarinen
    American architect (1910–1961)
  • Eero Mäntyranta
    Finnish cross-country skier, 1937–2013
  • Eero Aarnio
    Finnish interior designer (born 1932)
  • Eero Järnefelt
    Finnish realist painter (1863–1937)
  • Eero Lehtonen
    Athletics competitor (1898-1959)
  • Eero Markkanen
    Finnish footballer, born 1991
  • Eero Berg
    Athletics competitor (1898–1969)
  • Eero Kolehmainen
    Finnish cross-country skier (1918–2013)
  • Eero Heinäluoma
    Finnish politician, born 1955
  • Eero Hirvonen
    Finnish Nordic combined skier, born 1996
  • Eero Böök
    Finnish chess player (1910–1990)
  • Eero Haapalainen
    Finnish politician (1880–1937)

Questions

Is Eero a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 358 US babies named Eero since 1880 were boys.
When was Eero most popular?
2015 in the United States, when 32 babies were named Eero, its highest rank at 3,456th.